sapphire
sapphire 英 [ˈsæfaɪə(r)] 美 [ˈsæfˌaɪr]
n. 蓝宝石；[宝] 青玉；天蓝色 adj. 天蓝色的
名词复数:sapphires
- If your grandmother gives you her sapphire ring, it will probably have a translucent blue stone on it, though you may end up with a rare yellow or red sapphire.
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- n. 蓝宝石；[宝] 青玉；天蓝色
- adj. 天蓝色的
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1. It’s sapphire, with one diamond.
有蓝宝石，还有一颗钻石。
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2. One of my favorite competitions was the Bombay sapphire Designer Glass Competition.
我最喜欢的一个比赛是孟买蓝宝石杯酒杯设计大赛。
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3. sapphire says it is not growing any genetically engineered algae in open ponds yet.
蓝宝石公司表示他们现在还是不会在开放的池水内培养藻类。
- sapphire (n.) "precious stone next in hardness to a diamond," mid-13c., from Old French saphir (12c.) and directly from Latin sapphirus (source also of Spanish zafir, Italian zaffiro), from Greek sappheiros "blue stone" (the gem meant apparently was not the one that now has the name, but perhaps rather "lapis lazuli," the modern sapphire being perhaps signified by Greek hyakinthos), from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew sappir "sapphire"), but probably not ultimately from Semitic. Some linguists propose an origin in Sanskrit sanipriya, a dark precious stone (perhaps sapphire or emerald), literally "sacred to Saturn," from Sani "Saturn" + priyah "precious." In Renaissance lapidaries, it was said to cure anger and stupidity. As an adjective from early 15c. Related: Sapphiric; sapphirine.
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